IRVUR
20. वह राख खाता है; फ़रेबख़ुर्दा ने उसको ऐसा गुमराह कर दिया है कि वह अपनी जान बचा नहीं सकता और नहीं कहता क्या मेरे दहने हाथ में बतालत नहीं?
URV
20. وہ راکھ کھاتا ہے۔ فریب خوردہ دل نے اسکو ایسا گمراہ کر دیا ہے کہ وہ اپنی جان بچا نہیں سکتا اور کہتا کیا میرے دہنے ہاتھ میں بطالت نہیں۔
KJV
20. He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
AMP
20. That kind of man feeds on ashes [and finds his satisfaction in ashes]! A deluded mind has led him astray, so that he cannot release and save himself, or ask, Is not [this thing I am holding] in my right hand a lie?
KJVP
20. He feedeth H7462 VQPMS on ashes H665 NMS : a deceived H2048 heart H3820 NMS hath turned him aside H5186 , that he cannot H3808 W-NPAR deliver H5337 his soul H5315 NMS-3MS , nor H3808 W-NPAR say H559 VQY3MS , [ Is ] [ there ] not H3808 W-NPAR a lie H8267 NMS in my right hand H3225 ?
YLT
20. Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?`
ASV
20. He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
WEB
20. He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
NASB
20. He is chasing ashes-- a thing that cannot save itself when the flame consumes it; yet he does not say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?"
ESV
20. He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
RV
20. He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
RSV
20. He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
NKJV
20. He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, "[Is there] not a lie in my right hand?"
MKJV
20. He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
AKJV
20. He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
NRSV
20. He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?"
NIV
20. He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"
NIRV
20. That's as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him down the wrong path. He can't save himself. He can't bring himself to say, "This thing I'm holding in my right hand isn't really a god at all."
NLT
20. The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can't help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this idol that I'm holding in my hand a lie?"
MSG
20. This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can't even look at what he's doing, can't even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, "This is crazy."
GNB
20. It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.
NET
20. He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'
ERVEN
20. Someone like that is deceived. They don't know what they are doing. They cannot save themselves, and they will not admit, "This statue I am holding is a lie!"